Marc Criden, MD, an assistant professor at the Havener Eye Institute, passed away from cancer on July 30, 2013. A neuro-ophthalmology and oculoplastics specialist, Dr. Criden was a caring, knowledgeable physician and a talented surgeon. Dr. Criden completed a dual neuro-ophthalmology and oculoplastics fellowship was completed at the Havener Eye Institute under the direction of Steven Katz, MD. He then went on to the University of Texas at Houston as the Division Director of both Neuro-Ophthalmology and Oculoplastics & Reconstructive Surgery only to return to Columbus four years later. Dr. Criden was involved in many mission trips traveling to Haiti after an earthquake to provide medical support.
When his own life was in crisis, Dr. Criden faced his condition bravely. From the time of his diagnosis with cancer in May of 2012 until the day he made the decision to admit himself to hospice, he never complained. Facing his own mortality, he carried himself with tremendous grace and dignity.
Dr. Criden’s legacy will live on within his beautiful wife Natasha and daughter Scarlett, in hearts of his family and friends, in the patients whose lives he touched, and anyone lucky to have known him. The Marc Criden, MD Lectureship Fund is being established in memory of his tireless dedication to education.
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